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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

1,014 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 51

Wheat Shipping Delays Commissioners' Statement Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 5

Replying to-day to numerous statements made by wheat shippers alleging congestion and delay owing to truck shortages, the Railway Commissioners emphatically…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday, 8114 bales were offered. There was good competition for crossbreds at full prices. The position of merinos was unchanged, but there…

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Sydney Wool Sales Fine Wools Firm Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

At the Sydney wool sales to-day. 7365 bales were offered at auction, and 4868 sold. Private sales totalled 585 bales. The selection was a good one, and…

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Substitute Wanted Synthetic Experiments Wool Too Dear London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 1

The 'Sun" learns that synthetic wool experiments conducted in Germany have met with a measure of success…

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Dempsey Island. Deputation of Dairymen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. F. F. Howard, acting engineer in charge of Public Works, at Newcastle, yesterday met a deputation of dairymen from Dempsey and the adjoining islands,…

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Farmers' Party Divided Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

A meeting of the minority in the Victorian Farmers' Conference, opposed to the approval of pacts, was held to-day, Mr. Stewart, M.H.R., in the chair. The…

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Wool Finish for Cotton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 14

A fabric rated as intermediate in character between cheap cotton and expensive wool results from a new process invented in…

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Down with Rush American Wheat Slumps WINNIPEG

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 1

"Bears" raided the wheat market, carrying prices down 5 cents to a fraction under Idol. 90 cents a bushel. Exporters, however, were…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 3

Trade in dairy, produce has been of an average volume, outstanding alterations being increases in the prices of eggs and cheese…

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Farm and Produce the Guernsey Breed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 12

Milk records which have recently come to hand all tend to prove that not only is the Guernsey increasing in its milk yielding powers, but it is doing this…

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Chicago Wheat Panic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 5

Sensational falls brought May wheat to 1.67; July to 1.49, and September to 1.39 7-8. All grain prices crumbled in one of the biggest breaks of a single day…

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Wheat Recovers Debacle Avoided CHICAGO

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

Chicago and Winnipeg wheat lost another five cents in the first hour of trading on Saturday, but soon recovered, and closed rather higher than on…

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Human Cattle Panic Among Pilgrims Indian Tragedy Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

A vast crowd of Hindu pilgrims, officially estimated to number about 1,250,000, is attending the annual festival at Ajodhya, the famous holy…

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Farmers' Machines Tariff and Labor Bruxner's Attack

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 5

The leader of the Progressive, party, Colonel Bruxner, has issued a statement warning primary producers against "Labor's many voices when…

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Sydney Wool Sales Eleventh Series Concluded. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

The eleventh series of the Sydney wool sales concluded to-day, when 6475 bales were offered at auction. Of these 5719 bales were sold at auction, and an…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 7

At the Sydney wool sales to-day the twelfth series commenced. The 8766 bales offered comprised a good selection and 7617 were sold. Private sales…

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Wool Better Sales Pick Up LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 6022 bales of Australian and 1532 of New Zealand wool were listed. Values were fully at par with those of Monday week…

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Frenzied Wheat Wild American Scenes Sellers Stampede Chicago

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 1

The Winnipeg wheat market collapsed 19 points, and Chicago 14 points, in the wildest wheat stampede ever seen in America…

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The Ford Racer. How the Question of Ignition and Flywheel Weight Crops Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 11

In altering and tuning the standard model Ford to achieve high speeds, the enthusiast must not overlook the ignition and the elimination of superfluous…

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Chicago Wheat Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 5

It is reported from Chicago that wheat has recorded one of the most sensational drops in the history of the Chicago Board of Trade, when the May price dropped to…

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